# GMail Targeted Advertising - Waste of Time
**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/gmail-targeted-advertising-waste-of-time/65822
**Category:** random
**Created:** [September 29, 2004, 8:18pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/gmail-targeted-advertising-waste-of-time/65822 "2004-09-29T20:18:38Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author:  [@GreenLantern](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/GreenLantern)
#### Post date: [September 29, 2004, 8:18pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/gmail-targeted-advertising-waste-of-time/65822/1 "2004-09-29T20:18:38Z")
Has anybody noticed that the “targeted advertising” in gmail is about the most dumb thing ever?
Let’s have a look:
[SIZE=1]Email:
I email myself something about “wire/cable tutorial”
Ads:
Speaker wires, and towing cables
Email:
Girlfriend telling me when she gets off work.
Ads:
Never work again! Start your own business![/SIZE]
Anybody else noticed this?
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [September 29, 2004, 8:25pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/gmail-targeted-advertising-waste-of-time/65822/2 "2004-09-29T20:25:35Z")
That’s one of the best advertising you can get.
It is ALWAYS relevant. (well, almost always anyways) If you have a convo about webcams, and there’s an ad where you can buy those things 50% off, it’s \*\*\*\* interesting for both parties.
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [September 29, 2004, 10:28pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/gmail-targeted-advertising-waste-of-time/65822/3 "2004-09-29T22:28:03Z")
I never even notice em, so I really don’t care one way or the other 😃
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [September 29, 2004, 10:38pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/gmail-targeted-advertising-waste-of-time/65822/4 "2004-09-29T22:38:02Z")
I don’t give them a glance either. (Like when “listening” to how to fill in those bubbles on standardized tests)
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [September 30, 2004, 1:47am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/gmail-targeted-advertising-waste-of-time/65822/5 "2004-09-30T01:47:48Z")
Well you all should look at them! They are comical :beam: